Downing vs Queen City

A side-by-side comparison of Downing and Queen City: population, income, housing, and more.

Downing and Queen City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Queen City has the higher population (656 vs 366 in Downing). Queen City has the higher median household income ($48,295 vs $32,292 in Downing). Queen City has the higher median home value ($66,200 vs $47,600 in Downing).

Population, income & housing

	Downing	Queen City
Population	366	656
Median age	50.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,292	$48,295
Median home value	$47,600	$66,200
Median gross rent	$341	$384
Housing units	204	344
Homeownership rate	69.3%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downing	Queen City
Population	413 → 366 (-11.4%)	697 → 656 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$30,375 → $32,292 (+6.3%)	$36,667 → $48,295 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$37,200 → $47,600 (+28.0%)	$49,700 → $66,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$317 → $341 (+7.6%)	$367 → $384 (+4.6%)

Downing

Population

413366

Median household income

$30,375$32,292

Median home value

$37,200$47,600

Median gross rent

$317$341

Queen City

Population

697656

Median household income

$36,667$48,295

Median home value

$49,700$66,200

Median gross rent

$367$384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downing	Queen City
Under 5	6.3%	13.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.4%
75 and over	10.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downing	Queen City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downing	Queen City
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downing	Queen City
Drove alone	88.1%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downing	Queen City
1-unit, detached	65.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Downing	Queen City
Poverty rate	18.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.61	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1953	1966